Improved filing machine



PATENTED JUNE 18, 1867.

' H. LINDLBY. FILING MACHINE.

THOMAS H. L INDLEL' 0E 'T AUNTON, MASSACHUSFLTTS4 Lesers Pqemm. 65,920, 1aed June 1s, 1867;

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To ALL 'WHoM IT MAY-cono- Emar Be it known'that I, THOMAS B. L I'NDLEY, of Taunton, in theicouty ofristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented `a new and useful machine for performing the operation of 'tiling Ipieces 'of' metal or articles of various kinds; and'do hereby `declare the follop'ing tojbe a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, due

reference being had to the accompanying drawi'n'gs, making-part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation.` i I l Figure 2, a side elevation. i Figure 3, a plan, and l Figure 4 e vertieal'section pfmy invention.,

The object'of this intention iste producen sini-ple and compact machine frling, in arexpedtions and perfect manner, various small piec'esof metalfthe. labor of'which is'V now performed by ha'ndl` The invention consists in the' application, tol an npright plate or frame', of tato' .sliding bars or carriages supported in adjustablestandardsappliedl-tosach framie, reciprocating vertical movements being imparted' to the sliding carriages Bimenes-effe crenk'gr other suitable motor, -a suitable operating table being applied to thejframe of the machine and between the-slidingcarriages/for supporting the article sghch is to be tiled. v As shown inthe accompdnying drawings, themachineis composed of ari-upright plate or tablet, A, supported v'by snitablelegs A hat'ingpccntral groove', a cut in its front face receiya'g the bases of twg standards f B B, sch standards bei'ng'secured. to' the plate A,by bolts l1 b passing through them anddthrough slots'c'e made i in the plate, tl1ese slots enabling the' standards 'to be raised and,low ered,.or adjusted with respect to each other in sucha manner as to allori iiles of di'erent--lengths to` hefuse d. These standards 'B3B support and guide i sliding hars or'learriages u", theiiaue'r end sof ,which-.are formed Awitlrjavvsd d', pro'videdwth clamp-serexvse e for securing the end s offthe iile between tireur. The lippe!" extremity 'of the ,carriage C is jointed to the lower Y vend of a pitman, `f, theopptle end-of which is' piyoted'to'ih dovetailed head, g, which is insertedwthn'u correspondingly-sliaped groove, la,4 inadezinfthe face of a wheel, ifcarried by. a'shlftfj', snpported -by standards or' brackets l: b-iixed tothel plate ,j.as shown in the drawinggga drivingcone-pulleyheing fixed to theonter end of the 4shaft jfoi" puttipg itin'rOtation'. The dove-teiledhead gis to be applied' to the wheel i byineans of a- Y stad and clampfscrcw, 'or anyeqnivalentdeviccfor securingit in any .desired position, or at any desired distane fromthe centreoftlie wheel in' orderfto yarythe length of -stroke of thele. The adjustable table forsnpporting Vthe article to'bcioperatedfnpen isfshown' 'atjn as hinged to a cross-headrm pivoted toa 'sliding-block', o, workingv in the groove a before. mentioned, and being attached to thefplate A of the machine inthejsarixemanner aj the standards B B, in-cxfderl'toallow' the table to lbe raised and'lovrered asoccssionina'y dictate, a 'sectoral yslotted plate, p, being iixedtethe'cross-heini and against the. face' of the plate A, t'onhieh it is connected by a.

clampecrevr, q, serving to iixthe table in at any Vdesired angle transyersely witlfthe machine.V -The n rovements or angles of theitable, 'ingtlie opposite direction,- orlongitudinally pf thefmachine, yare.,l regulated and controlled by a second sectoral s lotted plate, r,- iredjto one side of the table, a velempiscreisr, s', passing `throughitaud y into 'the outer edge'oi" the cross-head n'before' mentionetbserying to {ix-thcv plate 1", and with' it th e table, in any desired position or angle. An aperture, tisl made through tliecentre oftl 1 e 'tablefor reception of lthe ifdef and to allow of its vertical movements.4 Y i In the ol'ierationofl the above-describedn;aclxine" the article to be'led is.to be placedapon the top of the table an'd-in c'ontactwith the faceof the l`e,'and wi1lby the reciprocating movements of s'uchiile, be reduced .tothe desired size or4 shape in avery expeditious and perfect manner, and with much less4 exertion. on the part lof the''Mvrdbrltnxanthalzrwirould bethecase'wers it doneby hand, the fdesired angleof cnt ot'` theflo vupon the i 'article being regalated, as before stated, by the politonof thetable m. i

Inga machine constructed as above described, and for vthe speciai purposeto which it is applied, I claim the combinationrof-the sliding carriaged C C', (supported in the 'adjustsble'bearings B, end :operated by the wheel z,) and the adjustable tn ble iysupported, and applied sabstaniially in mannerand for 4the purpose as Witnesses:

FnANcrs Gnarls, Cms. H. Gomis. 

